Marie-Renée Lavoie

{{Short description|Canadian writer}}

Marie-Renée Lavoie (born February 21, 1974, in Quebec City) is a Canadian writer from Quebec.Dominic Tardif, [https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/571405/fiction-quebecoise-marie-renee-lavoie-vous-veut-du-bien "Marie-Renée Lavoie vous veut du bien"]. Le Devoir, January 25, 2020. She is most noted for her 2010 novel La petite et le vieux, which won the 2012 edition of Le Combat des livres.Chantal Guy, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/livres/201203/29/01-4510769-combat-des-livres-victoire-de-la-petite-et-le-vieux-de-marie-renee-lavoie.php "Combat des livres: victoire de La petite et le vieux de Marie-Renée Lavoie"]. La Presse, March 29, 2012.

Mister Roger and Me, an English translation of La petite et le vieux by Wayne Grady, was published in 2012.Kendra Paré, [https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/lost-in-translation "Lost in Translation"]. The Link, September 27, 2012.

Her second novel, Autopsie d'une femme plate, was published in 2017,Christian Desmeules, [https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/497495/marie-renee-lavoie-au-bord-de-la-crise-de-nerf "Marie-Renée Lavoie au bord de la crise de nerf"]. Le Devoir, April 29, 2017. and the English translation Autopsy of a Boring Wife followed in 2019.Nancy Wigston, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/03/15/marie-rene-lavoie-is-boring-her-way-to-the-truth.html "Marie-Renée Lavoie is ‘Boring’ her way to the truth"]. Toronto Star, March 15, 2019. A sequel novel, Diane demande un recomptage, was published in 2020,Marie-France Bornais, [https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/02/02/recommencer-sa-vie "«Diane demande un recomptage» de Marie-Renée Lavoie: recommencer sa vie"]. Le Journal de Québec, February 2, 2020. with the English translation A Boring Wife Settles the Score released in 2021.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/a-boring-wife-settles-the-score-1.5884029 "A Boring Wife Settles the Score"]. CBC Books, January 22, 2021.

Some Maintenance Required, an English translation of her 2018 novel Les chars meurent aussi, is slated for publication in 2022.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/66-works-of-canadian-fiction-to-watch-for-in-spring-2022-1.6283875 "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022"]. CBC Books, January 11, 2022.

La petite et le vieux was adapted by Patrice Sauvé into the 2024 film Blue Sky Jo.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/la-petite-et-le-vieux-a-locarno/ "La Petite et le Vieux à Locarno"]. Films du Québec, July 25, 2024.